BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20030406T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20031026T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20040404T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20041031T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20050403T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20051030T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20060402T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20061029T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20040716T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140717T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163514Z CREATED:20231025T161620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163514Z UID:24011-1089939600-1405558800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Private Healthcare Exchanges Conference DESCRIPTION:The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance. Instead of marketing almost exclusively to employers\, the ACA has forced insurers to focus on enrolling consumers. The conference is sponsored by Employee Benefit News. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/private-healthcare-exchanges-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110106T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110106T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160734Z CREATED:20231030T213158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160734Z UID:25486-1294275600-1294275600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Realizing Health Reform's Potential webinar: Adults ages 50 to 64 and the affordable care act DESCRIPTION:According to the release\, "AARP and Women in Government are cosponsoring a webinar that will examine how the affordable Care Act can help baby boomers who lose employer health benefits to gain access to affordable and comprehensive insurance." It will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern. \nRegister online. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/realizing-health-reforms-potential-webinar-adults-ages-50-to-64-and-the-affordable-care-act/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110106T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110106T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160733Z CREATED:20231030T213205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160733Z UID:25490-1294275600-1294275600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: End-of-life care in America (Living wills\, DNRs\, etc.) DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release data and analysis about end-of-life care in America\, focusing on advanced directives such as living wills and do not resuscitate orders. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-end-of-life-care-in-america-living-wills-dnrs-etc/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110107T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110107T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160732Z CREATED:20231030T213205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160732Z UID:25491-1294362000-1294362000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Young adults seeking medical care DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a report young adults seeking medical care. The data in the report come from the National Health Interview Survey. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-young-adults-seeking-medical-care/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110112T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110112T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160731Z CREATED:20231030T213157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160731Z UID:25485-1294794000-1294794000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:IOM Meeting: Committee on Preventive Services for Women DESCRIPTION:The IOM's Committee on Preventive Services for Women's open session will take place at the National Academies' Keck Center. Proceedings will begin at 9 a.m. An agenda will be forthcoming. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/iom-meeting-committee-on-preventive-services-for-women/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110112T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110112T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160731Z CREATED:20231030T213209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160731Z UID:25492-1294794000-1294794000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Asthma prevalence\, health care use\, and mortality in the United States\, 2005-2009 DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a data on asthma prevalence\, as well as related health care use and mortality in the United States from 2005 to 2009. The data comes from the National Health Interview Survey\, National Health Care Surveys and the National Vital Statistics System. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-asthma-prevalence-health-care-use-and-mortality-in-the-united-states-2005-2009/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110119T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110119T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160730Z CREATED:20231030T213209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160730Z UID:25493-1295398800-1295398800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Complementary and alternative therapies in hospice\, national home and hospice care DESCRIPTION:Based on findings from the National Home and Hospice Care Survey\, the National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release numbers on complementary and alternative therapies in hospice\, national home and hospice care. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-complementary-and-alternative-therapies-in-hospice-national-home-and-hospice-care/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110125T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110125T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160729Z CREATED:20231030T213230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160729Z UID:25513-1295917200-1295917200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Mental Health America's webinar on parity implementation DESCRIPTION:Mental Health America\, a nonprofit organization that advocates for mental health care\, will explore issues surrounding the implementation of mental health parity legislation in a free webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern. The webinars are intended for mental health advocates\, but the information may be of interest to journalists as well. \nLink: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mhalm/join?id=MHPAEA&role=attend&pw=MHA2011 Meeting ID: MHPAEAAttendee Entry Code: MHA2011  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/mental-health-americas-webinar-on-parity-implementation/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110126T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110126T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160729Z CREATED:20231030T213210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160729Z UID:25494-1296003600-1296003600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Health in the United States in 2010 DESCRIPTION:Less than a month into 2011\, the National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a general report on health in the United States in 2010. According to the release\, it should include "vital statistics\, acute and chronic conditions\, immunization\, health care\, health behaviors (and) health status." \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-health-in-the-united-states-in-2010/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110128T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110128T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160728Z CREATED:20231030T213203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160728Z UID:25487-1296176400-1296176400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism DESCRIPTION:Submit your best work of the year\n \nThis year's new online submission system makes it easier to enter your work in the contest. See what some of this year's entrants have told us: \n\n"You’re ahead of your time with digital entry. Much easier than having to print and mail and saves paper too!" \n"It was great to not have to deal with the cost and hassle of mailing my entry." \n"I really liked the electronic process – much more convenient and easier than using snail mail." \n\nThe streamlined entry process means entrants no longer have to submit paper copies of articles and\, with the exception of unusually large electronic files\, face no shipping costs. \nThe Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism recognize the best health reporting in print\, broadcast and online media. Entries can include a wide range of health coverage including public health\, consumer health\, medical research\, the business of health care and health ethics. The awards were created by journalists for journalists and are not influenced or funded by commercial or special-interest groups. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/awards-for-excellence-in-health-care-journalism/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110128T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110128T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160727Z CREATED:20231030T213210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160727Z UID:25495-1296176400-1296176400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Ambulatory medical care utilization estimates for 2007 DESCRIPTION:With data from dedicated ambulatory care surveys\, the National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release estimates on ambulatory care utilization in America in 2007. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-ambulatory-medical-care-utilization-estimates-for-2007/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110128T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110128T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160726Z CREATED:20231030T213211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160726Z UID:25496-1296176400-1296176400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release data it is describing as the "latest declines in teen birth rates." The numbers will come from the National Vital Statistics System.  \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-4/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110128T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110128T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160725Z CREATED:20231030T213231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160725Z UID:25514-1296176400-1296176400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Communities in Crisis: Ethical Considerations for Journalists DESCRIPTION:Journalists Victor Merina and Laura Sullivan discuss how reporters can effectively cover communities\, cultures and people they know little about – and how that situation is even more challenging when those communities are facing a crisis. \nSpeakers: \n\nVictor Merina\, senior correspondent and special projects editor of Reznet News. \n Laura Sullivan\, investigative correspondent for NPR News.\n NPR News introduction by Kristin Gilger\, associate dean of Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.\n\nMerina is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Sullivan is an NPR News investigative correspondent whose work has cast a light on some of the country's most disadvantaged people. She has won numerous awards\, including a 2008 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and a 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Award. \nThe event is being sponsored by: Valley of the Sun Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists\, the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. \nWhen: Monday\, March 7\, 2011. 7-8:30 p.m. \nWhere: The First Amendment Forum”¨ Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication”¨ 555 N. Central Ave. ”¨Phoenix\, AZ URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/communities-in-crisis-ethical-considerations-for-journalists/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110131T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110201T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160725Z CREATED:20231025T161025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160725Z UID:23775-1296435600-1296522000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:AHCJ Media Fellowships on Health Performance DESCRIPTION:About the fellowships:\n• The 2010-2011 fellows and their projects • Press release announcing program• Understanding and applying for the fellowship \n \nThis 10-month program allows mid-career journalists to pursue a significant reporting project examining health care systems. Guidance is provided through customized seminars on health performance\, conference calls and e-mail consultations with AHCJ fellowship leaders. \n\nSeminar 2 agenda\n\n\n\nMonday\, Jan. 31\n\n\n\n\n8:15 a.m. \n\n\nMeet in hotel lobby to walk to Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\n8:30-9 a.m. \n\n\nBreakfast \n\n\n\n\n9 a.m.-noon \n\n\nJacqui Banaszynski Knight Chair in Editing\, Missouri School of Journalism Visiting faculty\, Poynter Institute \n\n\n\n\nNoon-1:30 p.m. \n\n\nLunch at fund / break \n\n\n\n\n1:30-4:30 p.m. \n\n\nWork session with Jacqui Banaszynski continues \n\n\n\n\n4:45 p.m. \n\n\nReception with Commonwealth staff \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, Feb. 1\n\n\n\n\n7:45 a.m. \n\n\nCheck out of hotel \n\n\n\n\n8 a.m. \n\n\nWalk to Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\n8:15-8:45 a.m. \n\n\nBreakfast \n\n\n\n\n8:45-10:30 a.m. \n\n\nJill Rosenthal\, M.P.H. Program Director\, National Academy for State Health Policy \n\n\n\n\n10:50 a.m.-noon \n\n\nCathy Schoen\, M.S. Senior Vice President for Policy\, Research and Evaluation\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\nNoon \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n\nSpeaker bios\nJACQUI BANASZYNSKI is Knight Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism and editing fellow at The Poynter Institute. Her series about a gay farm couple facing AIDS won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. She was a 1986 Pulitzer finalist in international reporting\, and won the nation's top deadline sports award for coverage of the 1988 Olympics. She has edited dozens of award-winning projects\, from features to investigations\, and coaches journalists around the world. \nLEN BRUZZESE is the executive director of the Association of Health Care Journalists and its Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. He also is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and serves on the executive committee of the Council of National Journalism Organizations. Bruzzese\, a founding staff member of USA Today\, spent 20 years in daily journalism before entering the nonprofit and academic worlds. He is co-author of "The Investigative Reporter's Handbook\," (fourth edition)\, and has edited 12 reporter beat books focused on reporting topics of use to daily journalists. \nTRUDY LIEBERMAN\, immediate past-president of AHCJ's board of directors\, is a fellow at the Center for Advancing Health\, a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review\, where she blogs about health care and income security issues and she is a contributor to The Nation. She was recently director of the health and medical reporting program at the Graduate School of Journalism\, City University of New York and had a long career at Consumer Reports specializing in insurance\, health care and health care financing. She was the director of the Center for Consumer Health Choices at Consumers Union. She has written a column about health and the marketplace for the Los Angeles Times and began her career as a consumer writer for the Detroit Free Press. \nCHARLES ORNSTEIN\, president of AHCJ's board of directors\, is a senior reporter with ProPublica in New York. As a reporter for the Los Angeles Times\, he co-authored a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative series on the troubled Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. In 2006\, Ornstein chronicled lapses in the nation's organ transplant system\, triggering a congressional investigation and changes in federal regulations. The coverage also garnered several awards. Ornstein previously reported on health\, domestic policy and the health care business for The Dallas Morning News. In 1999-2000\, he was a Media Fellow with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation\, examining the future of the employer-sponsored health insurance system. \nJILL ROSENTHAL\, M.P.H.\, is a program director at the National Academy for State Health Policy. She provides policy analysis and technical assistance to states on issues related to health systems performance\, quality and patient safety\, and child health and development. She joined NASHP in 2000\, having previously focused on rural health and health promotion issues in West Virginia.  She is a graduate of Colgate University and the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health. \nCATHY SCHOEN\, M.S.\, is senior vice president for policy\, research and evaluation at The Commonwealth Fund. She is a member of the Fund's executive management team and research director of the Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System. Her work includes strategic oversight and management of surveys\, research and policy initiatives to track health system performance. Prior to joining the Fund in 1995\, Schoen taught health economics at the University of Massachusetts' School of Public Health and directed special projects at the UMASS Labor Relations and Research Center. She has authored numerous publications on health policy issues\, insurance\, and national/international health system performance and co-authored the book "Health and the War on Poverty." URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-media-fellowships-on-health-performance/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR